Does guilt constrict your life?
Are you extra careful to not seem like a ‘show-off’, ‘know-it-all’ or ‘arrogant’? Do you keep most of your worries to yourself lest you ‘burden’…
Tag: psychotherapy
Emotional Abuse: The Invisible Trauma
Do any of the following points apply to you? You take care of other people’s emotional needs but don’t expect them to take care of…
Interrupt your anxiety with this breathing exercise
Anxiety is the body and mind’s threat-detection system going off. It deserves credit for helping the human species survive. Here’s one way anxiety has been…
Shame and Social Anxiety
Social anxiety reflects the belief that other people are not safe. We can learn that others are unsafe from receiving a rejecting or indifferent response…
Don’t Minimize Your Trauma
As an undergraduate, I took a course on African-American Psychology and my professor, Howard C. Stevenson always ended each class with a touching aphorism. The one…